Improvement in potato-planter



JLKREH BRI'L.

Potato Planter.

No. 103,058. 0 I Patented May 17,1870.

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The part of the arched bottom of the hopper H" that enters theforwardpart of said hopper .is made dniu fi ew midi? JoHN KREHBRILL, or CLARENCE c ar ie,- New YORK.

Letters Patent No. 103.058, dated May 17, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN POTATO-PLANTER.

The Schedule rf en'ed 'to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same;

To all whom 'it may concern :v p

Be it known that I, Joan Kn'EnBmL, M."D., of Clarence Centre, in the county of Erieiand State of NewYor-k, have invented a new and useful Improvementin' Potato-Planter;- and I do hereby de-' clarethatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, whieh-will'enable others skilled in the art' to make and use Figure 1 is a-detail Figure 2 isan under-side viewof the same, part being broken away to show theconstruction.

v Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

- My intention has'for its object to furnish a simple and convenient machine, by means of l which potatoes maybe dropped and covered rapidly, thoroughly, and regularly, and in such a way as to mark" theground,so that theplan'tingmay be done with exaetnessand uniformity; and

Iteonsists in the construction fully described. I i A-isthe frame of the machine, to the forward part gofdwhich the tongue B is securely attaehed, and in bearings attached tojwhich the axle O revolves. one or both of which: are securely attached to the axle O, so'asto carry the saidaxle withthem in their revolutions. I E is a hub or sleeve, working loosely upon the axle O. l l

To the huhE are attached radial arms F, a greater or lesser number of which maybe used, according as it potatoes fdropped closer to- To the outer ends of the radial arms]? are attachcd cups G, of such a size as to contain one large potato or'two small ones. a a -H isithe' box, or hopper, the bottom oLwhich is made in the form of an arc of a'cirele, and is slottedlongitudinally for the passage of the radial arms F. ;The potatoes are to be placed in the rear part of the box-or hopper H, and in the bottom of said rear part is formed an opening for-[the cups G'to rise through i in entering the hopper.

, As the cups G- rise into therear part of the hopper H they'take up apotato, carry it over the arched bottom and discharge it into the forward part of a the which issoiformed as'to guide the potato. which it is conducted to the sectional rie w of myimproved' planter, taken through theiine m z, fig. 2, part being broken away, to show the construction.

v and combination of v the various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more inward, throwing the" clutch K dnaft-arm Q a I The upper end. of the arm Q has a cross-heador equivalent: spring, T, so thatthe the cups G, as they pass around through the curred channel J, tea-gain rise through the rear'part of the hopper. the same, reference being h'adto the accompanying drawings forming part of this, specification.

The channel J is made close, soithat the potatoes that. may drop .into it cannot escape to the ground, but will he forced out by the advance of,

the cups G.

, K is a clutch sliding upo'lrthe axle B, and-car ried around with said axle in its revolutiom-so that, when the clutch K is'thrown-into E, the said'hub, with its attached armsand cups,

"may be carried around by and with the axle O.' a L is the clutch-lever, the forked lower end of n which rides in a groove in the-clutch -K, and its upper end passes up through a keeper, M,attached to the side of the hopper H.

Nis aninclined hopper H, s0 that,

block attached tothe side of the when the-upper .end of the leverL is moved rearward, the said block N wilLmove it outward and throw the clutch K out of gear'with the hub E.

When the uppe'r end of the lever L is moved fori ward, the keeper M will force it, at the same time, into gear with .the hub E. O is the plow by which the furrow is opened to reiceive the potatoes, and which is made tubular to re'- ceive the conductor-spout I, so that the potatoes may be deposited in the bottom of the furrow before said furrow has had time to partially fill by the falling in oftheso'il. f

. To the forward side of the upper part of plow O is attached,or upon it is formed, an arm, P, the forward end of which enters a slot in the lower end of the formed upon or attached to it, the ends of which cross-head are securely pivoted to the forward part of the frame A. p

The lower or slottedeud of the arm Q is" pivoted to the arm 1? by a bolt or spin passing through, said parts. v The arms I? and Q are kept from movingnpon each other, when adjusted in; place, by pins passed through the arm QJJPOQ both end-0t the arm 1?, as shown in'fig. 1. I

R are the coverers which'are attached to the rear ends of the arms S, the forward ends ofwhich are pivoted to the tubular opening plow 0.

Thearms' S are connected toleach other by a coiled give or spread apart to alidw'the eoverers Rio pass inclined, so that the potatoes may pass freely to the gear with the hub sides of the forward said arms" may obstructions, The arms S are left free to rise to pass obstructions, but are kept iiom dropping too low by. pins or other stops attached to the said tubular opener 0.

The opening and covering-plows are connected with the 'clnteli-lever I by the rods U V, so that, when the "said lever is operated to throw the dropping device by Letters combination with the axle G, slotted arched bottom of the hopper H, and conducting-spout I, substantiaily as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. v

2. The combination and arrangement of the tubular opening-plow O P Q and coverers R S, with the conductor-spout I andframe A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 3. The combination of the opening-plow 0, cover ers'R, clutch-lever L, clutch K, block N, and keeper M, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J. KB-EHBRIL M. D. Witnesses:

' O. W. SPELMAN,

T. A. Hommrs. 

